syncytium

• syncitium

From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + κύτος (kútos, “vessel, cell”).

• IPA^(key): /sɪnˈsɪʃiəm/

syncytium (plural syncytia)

1. (biology) A mass of cytoplasm containing many nuclei; a multinucleate cell resulting from cell fusions of mononuclear cells (for example, the cells that make up animal Skeletal muscle).
   • 2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia [14 ].

• coenocyte

• syncytiosome

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪnt͡sɪtɪjum]

syncytium n

1. syncytium (a type of multinucleate cell)

   Synonym: soubuní

• “syncytium”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

syncytium n (definite singular, indefinite plural, definite plural)

1. syncytium

• “syncytium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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• IPA^(key): /sɘnˈt͡sɘ.tjum/

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• Rhymes: -ɘtjum
• Syllabification: syn‧cy‧tium

syncytium n

1. syncytium (type of multinucleate cell)

   Synonym: zespólnia

• syncytium in Polish dictionaries at PWN